No Coronavirus cases in our premises: Isha Yoga Center

Being an establishment that receives several international visitors, the center said it moved swiftly to put directives in place even before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic and before the central and state governments announced lockdowns and imposed travel bans.

CHENNAI: The Isha Yoga center in Coimbatore on Wednesday said it has no Covid-19 positive cases.

Being an establishment that receives several international visitors, the center said it moved swiftly to put directives in place even before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic and before the central and state governments announced lockdowns and imposed travel bans.

It said Isha had requested visitors from China, Japan, Singapore and other COVID-19 affected countries, not to travel to the yoga center as a precautionary measure. Further, people who had been to the COVID-19 affected countries including transits and airport layovers, were requested not to visit the center.

"State health officials who have been visiting the Yoga Center to conduct screenings and checks since February have found no COVID-19 positive cases," the Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev-run center said in a statement on their website.

It said residents, volunteers security, housekeeping and other ground staff were all undergoing mandatory screening every two days while hand sanitizers have been made available at several locations on the premises.

"Isha has been following mandatory screening and physical distancing protocols ever since. Other foreign nationals who visited the Center were requested to observe a mandatory 28-day quarantine period," the center said.

Recently, Isha offered its premises to the state government to help contain the spread, should the outbreak accelerate.

"The yoga center is not only well equipped to comply with all screening protocols but has had a head start in establishing physical distancing and quarantine rules," it said.